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No rainbow puke club! (Post pics of worst color gi fails)

By Mitch

6 years ago


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    “Do you dislike color GI”

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    #4051 4 years ago

    Somewhere there is a crime happening.

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    #4052 4 years ago
    Quoted from snowy_owl:

    Machines like that should be considered broken.

    And of course they don’t understand why you want to knock $150+ off so you can replace all the LEDs to reverse the carnage.

    “What do you mean? I just put a bunch of LEDs in this thing!”

    #4053 4 years ago

    Johnny, look out! The boring white GI is coming to get us!!

    Don't worry, Mary! Here comes Rainbowcop!

    There's going to be... vomit.

    #4054 4 years ago

    no matter how many I see it's still shocking lol

    #4055 4 years ago
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    #4056 4 years ago
    Quoted from snowy_owl:

    Machines like that should be considered broken.

    they are. Had an F14 look like that. And it was unplayable.

    #4057 4 years ago

    Pinball meets radioactivity ...

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    #4058 4 years ago
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    #4059 4 years ago

    They Live - I love that movie, and I’m all out of bubblegum!

    #4060 4 years ago

    lost in the park..

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    #4061 4 years ago

    that has to be a factory animation, I don't think you can change the LED's on the newer games to just one color

    #4062 4 years ago

    Spiderman hit with blue radiation.
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    #4063 4 years ago
    Quoted from CaptainNeo:

    that has to be a factory animation, I don't think you can change the LED's on the newer games to just one color

    It looks to me like a green led strip in the back and one under the apron. Both absolutely horrible to look at.

    #4064 4 years ago
    Quoted from Vino:

    lost in the park..[quoted image]

    T-Rex choked on a giant glowstick and threw it up all over the place.

    #4065 4 years ago
    Quoted from BillySastard:

    It looks to me like a green led strip in the back and one under the apron. Both absolutely horrible to look at.

    yes it could be. WTF would anyone do that. The playfield artwork is great, and now it looks like a steaming pile of shit.

    #4066 4 years ago
    Quoted from CaptainNeo:

    WTF would anyone do that.

    Blue led strips in WH20 mountains from prior owner transformed them into eye piercing blueberries.

    Gone day 1.

    #4067 4 years ago

    How it’s made...

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    #4068 4 years ago
    Quoted from swampfire:

    How it’s made...[quoted image]

    Live action

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    #4069 4 years ago

    Even from factory it can be horrible!

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    #4070 4 years ago
    Quoted from Bingovit:

    Even from factory it can be horrible!

    The aftermarket needs to find a way to undo that crap on new games to make them palatable or even playable.

    On second thought, since the shoe fits, they might as well wear it.

    #4071 4 years ago
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    #4072 4 years ago
    Quoted from o-din:

    Somewhere there is a crime happening.[quoted image]

    "Stop! Or_There_Will_Be_Puking!"

    #4073 4 years ago

    Off the LED topic but related to the great meme habo posted, new preview for Doctor Sleep looks good so far!

    #4074 4 years ago
    Quoted from Vino:

    lost in the park..[quoted image]

    lost in the barf

    #4075 4 years ago
    Quoted from Bingovit:

    Even from factory it can be horrible! [quoted image]

    could Colored LED's cause a company to go bankrupt? Maybe not....but then again. Maybe so.

    #4076 4 years ago
    Quoted from CaptainNeo:

    could Colored LED's cause a company to go bankrupt? Maybe not....but then again. Maybe so.

    I highly doubt that, just by looking at some recent kit sales on just one source. That doesn't even include the myriad mods, individual color packs, LED strip lighting etc...

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    #4077 4 years ago

    Hurlwind

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    #4078 4 years ago
    Quoted from wayout440:

    I highly doubt that, just by looking at some recent kit sales on just one source. That doesn't even include the myriad mods, individual color packs, LED strip lighting etc...[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

    I need to get into this business! My plan, buy a shit ton of random colored LEDs and throw them all into a big ass sack. Then put my kits together by grabbing random handfuls of LEDs and throwing them into a bag. Write up some bullshit about how this makes the game "pop" and look good and that you'll be the envy of all your friends...then BAM. Profit!

    #4079 4 years ago
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    #4080 4 years ago
    Quoted from wayout440:

    I highly doubt that, just by looking at some recent kit sales on just one source. That doesn't even include the myriad mods, individual color packs, LED strip lighting etc...[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

    those are the guys that really need to be punched in the head. They spread this shit around by people who don't know any better.

    #4081 4 years ago
    Quoted from CaptainNeo:

    those are the guys that really need to be punched in the head. They spread this shit around by people who don't know any better.

    Yup. Just like the flippers who buy low, do nothing to the game, then immediately sell higher, they don't care about the hobby...just making money.

    #4082 4 years ago

    What great color choices!

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    #4083 4 years ago
    Quoted from mrossman5:

    What great color choices![quoted image]

    The red cards should have red LEDs under the inserts and black cards should have blue or even the always reliable purple under them. Missed opportunities.

    #4084 4 years ago
    Quoted from mrossman5:

    What great color choices![quoted image][quoted image]

    Just when you thought WPT couldn’t look any uglier...

    #4085 4 years ago

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    #4086 4 years ago

    a magical place, where nobody can play pinball, but can sit around and look at them from afar. Magical!

    #4087 4 years ago
    Quoted from PinballManiac40:

    A game room with unicorns and rainbows.[quoted image]

    Vomitorium.

    #4088 4 years ago
    Quoted from PinballManiac40:

    A game room with unicorns and rainbows.[quoted image]

    This is all I see. No game room to be found.

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    #4089 4 years ago

    Clown Puke Forever

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    #4090 4 years ago

    Been getting a good laugh out of this thread. The guys I work for have been converting all of their older pins to leds, and while some of them don't look half bad, the others have been reaaaal ugly. My bosses think they look awesome though, so we keep banging them out, if any of them were mine they'd be going back to regular bulbs, or at least all white leds.

    PS: Any EM pin with an LED kit looks like shit!!!

    #4091 4 years ago

    Answered my own question!

    #4092 4 years ago
    Quoted from TheLaw:

    Clown Puke Forever[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

    I like how Batman looks like he's throwing shade in that last pic. "WTF did you do this, man?"

    #4093 4 years ago
    Quoted from TheLaw:

    Clown Puke Forever[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

    More like Barfman Forever.

    #4094 4 years ago
    Quoted from Scrimmbo:

    Been getting a good laugh out of this thread. The guys I work for have been converting all of their older pins to leds, and while some of them don't look half bad, the others have been reaaaal ugly. My bosses think they look awesome though, so we keep banging them out, if any of them were mine they'd be going back to regular bulbs, or at least all white leds.
    PS: Any EM pin with an LED kit looks like shit!!!

    it's not about LED's at all. LEDs are great. But the only LED that should be used in GI sockets to illuminate any playfield is either Warm white (for warm color pallet games, reds, yellows and oranges), or Cool white to accent cool color pallets (blues, greens, purples).

    2SMB sunlights from Comet are fantastic. Great light distribution, natural look. I buy them by the 100's and use them in almost every game. EM's, early SS, dmd's.

    #4095 4 years ago

    I think people throw the color leds to drown out a mediocre shop job or dog of a pin. The extra light is sort of like throwing a throw blanket over a brain splattered back seat so no one notices initially. Smoke and mirrors.

    #4096 4 years ago

    OH, you're sending the wolf, that's all you had to say!

    #4097 4 years ago

    I don't think there's that much thought put into it. They watch some TNT YouTube videos and go to town. They just think it's cool.

    #4098 4 years ago
    Quoted from CaptainNeo:

    it's not about LED's at all. LEDs are great. But the only LED that should be used in GI sockets to illuminate any playfield is either Warm white (for warm color pallet games, reds, yellows and oranges), or Cool white to accent cool color pallets (blues, greens, purples).
    2SMB sunlights from Comet are fantastic. Great light distribution, natural look. I buy them by the 100's and use them in almost every game. EM's, early SS, dmd's.

    Do you only use the frosted in GI or do you use clear? I found them on comet website but was curious, I always thought you use frosted in GI since some of them you can see.

    #4099 4 years ago
    Quoted from smcclain65:

    Do you only use the frosted in GI or do you use clear? I found them on comet website but was curious, I always thought you use frosted in GI since some of them you can see.

    Personally, I use frosted bulbs for GI in my games. I prefer the softer wider angle glow that they cast verses harsher more localized light. I do also use for inserts, but there I use 4 SMD non-domed Comets (often color match, but not always - depends on the insert color).

    #4100 4 years ago
    Quoted from smcclain65:

    Do you only use the frosted in GI or do you use clear? .

    I've never found any use for an LED that isn;t frosted.

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